Joshua 15:46

44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:

45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages:

From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:

47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

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BSB
from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
KJV
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
WEB
from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
ASV
from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
DARBY
From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.
BLB
from Ekron to the sea, and all that [is] by the side of Ashdod, and their villages.
ÅB
fra Ekron og vestover alt som lå på Asdod-siden, med tilhørende landsbyer;
OTB
vest for Ekron, alle områdene nær Asjdod, sammen med deres landsbyer;
B1930
fra Ekron og vestover alt som lå på Asdod-siden, med tilhørende landsbyer;

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 20:1

    In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:6

    And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

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  • Nehemiah 13:23–24

    In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

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  • 1 Samuel 5:6

    But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

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  • 1 Samuel 5:1

    And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

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  • Amos 1:8

    And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

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